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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Huntsville, AL

January 24, 2010Marshall County, Alabama

NWS Huntsville, AL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 2010, 8:56 AM CST for Marshall County, Alabama. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2010, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2010, 1:45 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Huntsville, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Marshall County, AL

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jan 24, 6:18 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 6:18 AM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 7:15 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 24, 4:35 AM CST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
435 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

ALZ005-007-008-016-241100-
CULLMAN-LIMESTONE-MARSHALL-MORGAN-
435 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CULLMAN...LIMESTONE...MARSHALL AND
MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 500 AM CST...

AT 432 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CRANE HILL...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CULLMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE...
  BALDWIN...JONES CHAPEL.
  SOUTH VINEMONT...WEST POINT.
  COLE SPRINGS...EVA.
  FLORETTE...SOMERVILLE.
  VALHERMOSO SPRINGS...LACEYS SPRING.

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3400 8712 3442 8711 3477 8679 3456 8679
      3455 8675 3459 8671 3459 8668 3455 8665
      3459 8661 3459 8659 3456 8655 3433 8647
      3391 8690 3391 8692 3389 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 219DEG 71KT 3409 8706

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Special weather statement, Jan 24, 4:50 AM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 24, 5:17 AM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 6:54 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 8:20 AM CST, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 8:23 AM CST, 33 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Huntsville, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 1:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale	36 min
Jan 24, 2:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	30 min
Jan 24, 2:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Morgan	42 min
Jan 24, 3:12 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Lawrence	29 min
Jan 24, 3:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	27 min
Jan 24, 3:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	HUN	Limestone, Madison, Morgan	34 min
Jan 24, 4:01 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman	29 min
Jan 24, 4:07 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan	3 hr
Jan 24, 4:18 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	42 min
Jan 24, 4:35 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Cullman, Morgan	25 min
Jan 24, 5:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Madison	58 min
Jan 24, 7:23 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HUN	Cullman	4 hr
Jan 24, 8:32 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	Madison	12 hr
Jan 24, 1:24 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HUN	DeKalb	12 hr
Jan 24, 4:41 PM CST	River Flood Watch	HUN	Madison	3 hr
Jan 24, 4:50 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HUN	Franklin	25 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.